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Cote de Nuit Flashcards

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Difference between CDN and CDB.

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Nuit : Faces east, half as much land under vine, more limestone, steeper slops, reds, more oak

Beaune : Southeast, wider vinedays, communes in side valley too, not just on cotes, more marl, higher elevation and whites.

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Explain the winemaking style of Cote de Or.

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3 essential factors : Oak, Batonnage and Destemming

  1. Aging in 228 litre traditional oak barriques
  2. Grand Crus treated to 50-100% new oak ; village or Bourgogne AOP may see none
  3. Top red wines remain in barrel for 15-18 months
  4. Best whites age at least one year prior in wood
  5. Most white wines undergo malo lactic fermentation
  6. Traditionally winemakers would destem, modern winemaking involves whole cluster.
  7. Batonnage - 1990 more now less.
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Who is Henri Jayer?

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Advocated total de-stemming as early as 1970s, however today the pendulum of fashion is swinging back to whole cluster fermentation.

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What is Batonnage?

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Stirring the wine’s lees during elevage (fermentation to bottling)

Frequent stirring is an oxidative procedure that can round out young wines, but wines destined for longer lives do not neccessarily require the immedite richness and texture that batonnage offers.

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Name the village of Cote de Nuit (N to S)

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  1. Marsannay
  2. Fixin
  3. Geverey-Chambertin
  4. Morey St Denis
  5. Chambolle-Musigny
  6. Vougeot
  7. Vosne Romanee
  8. Nuit Sant Georges
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Which village AOPs can produce white wines?

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  1. Marsannay
  2. FIxin
  3. Morey St Denis
  4. Vougeot
  5. Nuit Saint Georges
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How many Grand Crus in Cote de Nuit?

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24 Grand crus.

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Which is the only Grand Cru that may produce whte wine?

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Musigny

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Which is the largest village appellation in Cote de Or?

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Geverey-Chambertin ; 400 hectares

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Breif about Gevrey Chambertin.

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South of Fixin
Largest village appellation in Cote d’Or
9 Grand crus
Wines are masculine, brooding and structured. Have concentration and weight, black fruits and deep color.

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Name the grand crus of Gevrey-Chambertin.

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  1. Le Chambertin
  2. Chamertin Clos de Beze
  3. Chapelle Chambertin
  4. Charmes Chambertin
  5. Griotte Chambertin
  6. Latricieres Chambertin
  7. Mazis Chambertin
  8. Mazoyeres Chambertin
  9. Ruchottes Chambertin
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12
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Which premier cru is Chambertin outperforms some Grand cru and why?

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Clos Saint Jacques…was excluded in 1936 as the borders didn’t touch chambertin itself.

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Name some of the producers of Gevrey-Chambertin.

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Armand Rousseau, Claude Dugat, Jean-Marie Fourrier.

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Chambolle Musigny.

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South of Morey St Denis ; wines have silky charm, elegance over power.

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Grand crus of Chambolle-Musigny

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  1. Musigny

2. Bonne Mares

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Exceptional premier cru vineyard in Chambolle Musigny?

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Les Amouresuses

17
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Briefly explain Morey St Denis.

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Meeting points between the styles of Gevrey Chambertin and Chambolle Musigny.

18
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Four Grand crus of Morey St Denis.

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  1. Clos de Tart
  2. Clos de Lambrays
  3. Clos de la Roche
  4. Clos St Denis

(1/5th of Bonne Mares)

19
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Which Grand cru is Morey St Denis is a monopole?

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  1. Clos de Tart ; owned by Mommessin until 2017 then sold to Francois Pinault of Chateau Latour
20
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Top producers in Morey St Denis.

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Domaine Dujac and Domaine Ponsot (clos de la roche)

21
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Brief about vougeot.

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Renaissance -era chateau de Clos de Vougeot in Grand Cru Clos de Vougeot.
Most famous walled clos, 50 HA, largest grand cru in Cote de Nuits. It produces 80 % of the vines in Vougeot.

22
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Grand cru in Vougeot.

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Clos de Vougeot

23
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4 premier crus in Vougeot.

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  1. Clos de la Perriere
  2. Les Petits Vougeot
  3. Les Cras
  4. Le Clos Blanc
24
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Largest land holer in Vougeot?

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Chateau de la Tour (5ha)

25
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6 Grand crus of Vosnee Romanee?

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  1. La Romanee
  2. La tache
  3. La Romanee Conti
  4. La Grand Rue
  5. Romanee Saint Vivant
  6. Richebourg
26
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La Romanee is a monopole of which domaine?

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Comte Liger Belair

27
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La Tache and Romanee Conti monopole of which domaine?

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Domaine Romanee Conti

28
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La Grand rue is a monopole of which domaine?

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Domaine Lamarche

29
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Premier crus of Vosnee Romanee?

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Les Suchots, Les Beaux Monts, Les Petit Monts, Aux Malconsorts and Cros Parentoux.

30
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Which vineyard was made famous by Henri Jayer?

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Cros Parentoux

31
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Every premier cru abuts a grand cru with the exception of which vineyard?

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Micheal Gros’ monopole Clos de Reas.

32
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Name the producers of in Vosne Romanee.

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Comte Liger Belair, Domaine Romanee Conti, Domaine Lamarche, Domaine Leroy, Anee Gros, Jean Grivot, Meo Camuzet, Slyvain Cathiard, Jayer’s heir Emmanuel Rouget.

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2 Grand crus of Flagey-Echezeaux.

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Uses the name of Vosne-Romanee.

  1. Echezeaux
  2. Grand Echezeaux
34
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Breif about Nuit St Georges.

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Sturdy and long lived wines. Northern end (near vosnee-romanee) show more soft and fruiter characterstics whereas wines originating from southern end (near Premeaux-Prissey) are fuller and richer.

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Most well known Premier cru vieyard in Nuit St Georges.

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Les Saint-Georges.

36
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Producers of Nuit St Georges.

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Henri Gouges, Joseph Faiveley, Jean-Jacques Confuron and Robert Chevillon.

37
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Which villages are located on the south of Cote de Nuit and beggening of Cote de Beaune?

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Comblachien and Corgoloin.

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